Emission Factor

Shavings - softwood - measured as dry mass (suction)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is suction, shavings, softwood. The reference product is shavings, softwood, measured as dry mass. Shavings are a by-product of the planing process where they are generated as loose shavings. Shavings, softwood, measured as dry mass represent shavings which have been transported via aspiration (suction) and collected at a silo at the sawmill site. The amount is expressed as dry mass. The collection of shavings by suction (aspiration) takes place at the sawmill site. In the ecoinvent database, shavings, softwood, measured as dry mass are used for the production of wood pellets. The reference product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation here for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.11/cutoff/dataset/12536/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameShavings - softwood - measured as dry mass (suction)
SectorAgriculture/Hunting/Forestry/Fishing
CategoryTimber and Forestry Products
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
2011
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
timber_forestry-type_shavings_softwood_measured_as_dry_mass_suction_shavings_softwood
UUID
41509558-df2a-49aa-9784-edd0c4299c47
Code Snippet
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